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Safety Antrel Rolle had a handful of suitors in free agency, but something about the Chicago Bears connected with him. It didn’t hurt that the club guaranteed him $4.9 million as part of a three-year, $11.25 million contract he signed Wednesday night. But there was something else. General manager Ryan Pace, coach John Fox and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio recruited him hard. “These guys made such a huge impression on me once I first touched ground here in Chicago that it was going to be hard to say no,” Rolle said on SiriusXM NFL radio Thursday morning. Rolle said Bears brass contacted him Saturday at the outset of the three-day period for negotiating with free...

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